Neither Daboh nor Perun had ever seen Mokosh, even though they knew Praboh’s longing tales and the figure of a woman whom he created in the name of Mokosh and matching her beauty. There was something else in Dolya, however, a feature they could not recognise – raw as rock and deep as darkness, unalike Praboh or the human man.

Thus, the gods figured out that she must be a daughter of Veles as well, and they were reluctant to trust her. And when they asked her where her mother was and how to reach the Underworld, Dolya understood that they did not care about the fate of the world and only about their orders from Praboh. So she told them that if they would help her to accomplish her plans, she would point them to the entrance to Veles’s kingdom in return.

And, as they could not force her, for she was unyielding to their powers, they gave her their word and promised to help the Whisperers.